Fragment is an omnibus film celebrating the strength and diversity of South-East Asian independent cinema. Made up of a collage of ten stories, each story distinctively embraces the other’s subjectivities through the collective sentiments of vulnerability and fortitude. This film is commissioned by the Asian Film Archive (AFA) for its 10th anniversary celebrations. (Source: Asian Film Archive)

Letters from the South is a collection of six short films about the overseas Chinese people in Southeast Asia. Thai filmmaker Aditya Assarat describes a reunion in Thailand between two cousins, one Thai, the other Chinese; Royston Tan from Singapore tells of the special meaning that making the traditional Popiah dish has for a Chinese family; Midi Zhao from Myanmar follows the death of a grandfather surrounded by Chinese customs in a village in Myanmar; Sun Koh from Singapore makes a small-scale comedy about the commercialisation of the local radio station, influenced by mainland China; Tan Chui Mui from Malaysia composes a poetic, visual reflection on being an outsider; and Tsai Ming-liang, also born in Malaysia, observes the seventh-storey apartment in which he grew up as a child.

Director Lau Kek Huat, Charlotte Lim and Gan Siong King will showcase their short films in Festival. 3 Girls discuss on different social issues in Southeast Asia countries and this is a special programme that you cannot missed out!

The BMW Shorties Showcase is a cultural initiative by BMW Group Malaysia to provide amateur film makers with a platform to express their creativity. This short film competition is a continuous effort to identify, cultivate and support emerging film talent in the country. BMW Showcase 6 short films from the year 2012 till 2016.

R.AGE is a team of young Malaysian journalists and filmmakers specialising in hard-hitting multimedia documentaries. The team’s investigative projects have earned it multiple awards, including the World Young Reader Prize, United Nations Malaysia Award, Asian Media Awards, and Kajai Award, Malaysia’s highest award for journalists. They curated a 60 minute programme for SeaShorts Festival.

IMAGE FORUM by Koyo Yamashita

Image Forum established itself in the current form in February 1977. However its original activity started in 1971 under the name of Underground Film Center & to screen and distribute experimental/independent/alternative films and videos. Image Forum organizes an experimental film and video annual festival named Image Forum Festival. Image Forum Festival, initiated in 1987, will celebrate 19th in 2005, Japan's biggest and most significant showcase of avant-garde, experimental films and videos all over the world. Directors are: Hiroyuki Ikeda and Koyo Yamashita. Koyo Yamashita will curate 6 presents for SeaShorts Film Festival!

SeaShorts Okubo program

The program is made from students’ works of Tama Art University. Makiko TAKAMATSU made “Idleness DADA - Theater” in 16mm in 1999. Shooting was in a theater which was founded by legendary Buto dancer Tatsumi Hijikata. Okubo began producing students’ films in the university from 2011 and that year was with director Shinya Tsukamoto. 3 films here, “11.” , “Frame Out” and “violet “ are from that year’s program ( called Tamafilm”). “Frame Out” was awarded Grand Prize in Image Forum Festival 2012. From 2012 to 2014 , Okubo has worked with director Shinji Aoyama to produce films for Tamafilm. Sora HOKIMOTO for “11.” , after graduation, directed feature film “Haruneko” for theater EuroSpace in Tokyo and it was produced by Aoyama. It was invited to Rotterdam International Film Festival this year. Ichiko Funai was a fashion designer from high school and she had grand fashion show in our studio. The film “violet “ was made from the recorded footage from this show. And “1 cloth 1 fashion “ is a documentary from her performance with models and her scissor to create fashion in front of the audience.